16 GRCs, 13 single seats to pick 89 MPs in coming GE

3 potential candidates from the public sector have been accompanying PAP MPs at community events in recent days, including Ms Rahayu Mahzam, 35, who was in Bukit Batok East with Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob on Sunday.

The signs pointing to this were clear when she visited two markets in her ward on July 26 with fellow Marine Parade GRC MP Tan Chuan-Jin, two days after the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee released its report.

Mr Tan said: "Although it's a SMC, we will continue to work closely with Pei Ling. She's been working hard here. From the responses of residents and many of the shopkeepers here, it's very encouraging."

And from 2007 to April this year, she was the PA's director of Family Life and Active Ageing - which put her in contact with a constituency that has one of the highest percentages of elderly residents.

Other than Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Punggol East SMC, which are currently held by the WP, the party will field candidates in East Coast, Jalan Besar, Nee Soon and Marine Parade GRCs, as well as Fengshan, MacPherson and Sengkang West SMCs.